Chinese and Chinese American donations to higher education institutions such as UC Berkeley have increased dramatically in recent years, according to a new study by the Global Chinese Philanthropy Initiative.Read More…

The Tang Center and SHIP are finally making moves to be more trans-friendly, and AHCA is stalling in the senate. For anybody that cares about our healthcare system, things are looking up. Beginning August 1, SHIP will begin covering a handful of gender confirming treatments and surgeries for UC BerkeleyRead More…

On June 27, Berkeley City Council adopted a series of changes to the way in which the city’s affordable housing mitigation fee is administered. Ostensibly these changes will encourage affordable housing production, because every member of City Council is on record supporting affordable housing. The result of these changes, however,Read More…

Content Warning: Sexual assault, domestic violence, self-harm, suicidality On the eve of the beginning of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, my parents immigrated from Encarnación de Díaz, Jalisco, to Azusa, California, to raise a family. Like many children at the time, I was born into a crib of crack cocaine, as myRead More…

During its Wednesday meeting, the ASUC Senate convened in Eshleman Hall to discuss several bills aimed at improving student life and class scheduling conflicts including grading options and the semester-out rule.Read More…